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William Atkins Gheen

Birth	September 1799	Downingtown, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States	Citation(s) Birth Citation(s) Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Sealings and adoptions of the living, 1846-1857; index, 1846-1857 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958), p. 299, FHL microfilm 5270298.
Death	15 July 1845	Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States	Citation(s) Death Citation(s) Book of Abraham Project, Nauvoo Neighbor (Nauvoo, Illinois, 1843-1845), "Sexton's Weekly Report," 30 Jul 1845, p. 3, column 3. William Dresser Huntington, William D. Huntington cemetery and financial records, 1839-1884, image 220.
Burial	16 July 1845	Old Nauvoo Burial Grounds, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States	Citation(s) Burial Citation(s) Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for William Atkins Gheen (1798-1845), memorial #38218102. William Dresser Huntington, William D. Huntington cemetery and financial records, 1839-1884, image 220.

Father	Thomas Gheen
Mother	Alice Ann Atkins

Marriages Label

• Esther Ann Pierce

Married

7 May 1823

Concord Twp, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States

Citation(s)

Marriage Citation(s)
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Sealings and adoptions of the living, 1846-1857; index, 1846-1857 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958), p. 299, FHL microfilm 5270298.

Various Quaker Meeting Records and Minutes, U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com, 2014), database with images, Ancestry, entry for William Atkins Gheen and Esther Ann Peirce (7 May 1823); citing Concord, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States, "Concord Monthly Meeting Minutes, 1809-1915," image 58.

          Children:
               Margaret Pierce Gheen
               Thomas Pierce Gheen
               Ann Alice Gheen
               Amanda Trimble Gheen
               Mary Ann Gheen
               Stephen Harris Gheen
               Levi Atkins Gheen
               Sarah Ellen Gheen

Residences Label

• 1840	Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States
• 1842	Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States

Death & Burial Records Label

• Death Record	View Source	Image(s)
• Grave Marker	View Source

Census Records Label

• 1840 Population Census

Chester County, Pennsylvania

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Nauvoo Community Project

Nauvoo Community Project

William Atkins Gheen